Bøger af Zack Loran Clark

Hvad ville du gøre, hvis alle de spøgelseshistorier, du kender, viste sig at være sande?Ny Rotterdam er ikke for sarte sjæle, og det er nok dét, Emrys Houtman bedst kan lide ved byen. Emrys elsker nemlig at udforske byens makabre myter og vandrehistorier sammen med sine venner Hazel og Serena.Men legen bliver pludselig til alvor, da trioen falder over Dommedagsarkivet, en samling af genstande med uanede og dødbringende kræfter. Og da børn rundtomkring i byen begynder at forsvinde sporløst, tyder det på, at en af genstandene er faldet i de forkerte hænder.Nu må de tre venner overvinde deres frygt og stå sammen for at bekæmpe den ondskab, der plager Ny Rotterdam.Zack Loran Clark, der er forfatter og redaktør, og Nick Eliopulos, der blandt meget andet er spildesigner, har sammen skrevet gyserserien ”Dommedagsarkivet”.

"Unlike her friends Emrys and Serena, Hazel is struggling to adjust to magic and to their new roles as the secret protectors of New Rotterdam. She's already worried about her mom, who works endless shifts at the hospital to make ends meet, and now she also has to worry about defending their entire town from supernatural forces. If only Hazel could figure out how to use her relic, the Magnus Crown, which has the power to transform matter, including turning lead into gold...gold that would certainly help ease her fa mily's financial issues. But before Hazel can crack the Crown's secrets, the trio discover a chilling new monster is hunting in New Rotterdam, luring its victims with visions of what they desire most. To Hazel's horror, the monster seems to know exactly what's in her heart and how to reel her in...With eerie black-and-white illustrations by Julian Callos and chilling Wiki excerpts, The Heart-Stealer Mask continues the deliciously creepy Doomsday Archives series by Zack Loran Clark and Nick EliopulosNew Rotterdam is no place for a kid--and that's what Emrys Houtman likes about it. Emrys obsessively documents his town's urban legends and cryptid sightings in a Wiki, along with his neighbors and fellow horror fans Hazel and Serena. It's all in good fun until one day, the trio stu mbles upon the Doomsday Archives, a collection of relics with dazzling powers and dangerous consequences. When a mysterious blood-red hourglass begins appearing around town and children begin to go missing, the trio must band together to stop the horrors plaguing New Rotterdam, or risk losing their home ossibly their lives. Because after all this time hunting monsters, the kids have realized the monsters are now hunting them back"--

Hvad ville du gøre, hvis alle de spøgelseshistorier, du kender og elsker, viste sig at være sande?New Rotterdam er ikke for sarte sjæle, og det er nok dét, Emrys Houtman bedst kan lide ved byen. Emrys er besat af at udforske byens makabre myter - skumle væsner, forbandede genstande og folk, der forsvinder på uforklarlig vis - sammen med sine venner Hazel og Serena.Men hvad der startede som en leg, bliver pludselig et spørgsmål om liv og død, da trioen falder over Dommedagsarkivet, en samling af artefakter med uanede – og dødbringende – kræfter. Men ikke alle artefakter er gemt sikkert af vejen i arkivet …Da et mystisk, blodrødt timeglas dukker op rundt omkring i byen, begynder børn at forsvinde sporløst. Nu må de tre venner overvinde deres frygt og stå sammen for at bekæmpe den ondskab, der plager New Rotterdam.For hvis de fejler, vil konsekvenserne være fatale.Den hvileløse time er første bind i gyserserien Dommedagsarkivet om Emrys, Hazel og Serena, der får til opgave af beskytte verdenen mod alt det, de engang troede blot var spøgelseshistorier. Bogen indeholder også fantastiske sort-hvid illustrationer, der er garant for indlevelse og uhygge.

"Tinker Bell loves nothing more than solving a problem. For her, red buttons demand to be pushed, treasure maps need to be followed, and lost things ought to be found. So when a strange fairy crash lands in Pixie Hollow and leaves Tinker Bell two clues to find a mysterious necklace on the Mainland, she really doesn't have a choice but to help. However, her journey takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a hidden city of fairies living below the streets of London"--

"New Rotterdam is no place for a kid and that's what Emrys Houtman likes about it. Emrys obsessively documents his town's urban legends and cryptid sightings in a Wiki, along with his neighbors and fellow horror fans Hazel and Serena. It's all in good fun until one day, the trio stumbles upon the Doomsday Archives, a collection of relics with dazzling powers and dangerous consequences. When a mysterious blood-red hourglass begins appearing around town and children begin to go missing, the trio must band together to stop the horrors plaguing New Rotterdam, or risk losing their home ... and possibly their lives. Because after all this time hunting monsters, the kids have realized the monsters are now hunting them back."--

For fans of Nevermoor and Howl's Moving Castle comes an epic middle grade fantasy about a girl with the ability to unlock anything-including the empire's darkest secrets.Melanie Gate is a foundling with a peculiar talent for opening the unopenable-any lock releases at the touch of her hand. One night, her orphanage is visited by Traveler, a lifeless gearling automaton there on behalf of his magical mistress, who needs an apprentice pronto. When Melanie is selected because of her gift, her life changes in a flash, and in more ways than she knows-because Traveler is not at all what he seems.So begins an epic, overland adventure sparkling with magic, humor, secret identities, stinky cats, fierce orphan girls, impostor boys, and a foundling and gearling hotly pursued by the most powerful and dangerous wizard in the land. Along the way, Melanie never expects to uncover the source of her own true powers-or learn that she may be the key to saving the empire."Zack Loran Clark has spun a new classic. Perfect next read for fans of classics by Ursula LeGuin and Diana Wynne Jones." -Eliot Schrefer, two-time National Book Award finalist and author of The Lost Rain Forest seriesStory Locale: magical Grand Aeder Empire

Someone had made a terrible, tragic, fatal mistake. Unless, of course . . . Unless they'd done it on purpose.After falling victim to a vile betrayal, Zed is cut off from Brock and their friends and unable to warn them about a dangerous enemy on the move. The Adventurers Guild may have defeated the evil that cast the elves from their home, but that doesn't keep them in the Freestoners' good graces for long.An ordinary day at the market comes to a fatal end when a rare Danger infiltrates the city, leaving over a dozen dead. Tensions come to a boil as the city is threatened by upheaval from within and becomes alight with terror. Brock finds himself frustratingly unable to utilize his underground contacts...though the mysterious Lady Grey may not be finished with him yet.To come together to save their city from a timeless evil looking to settle a score, the young adventurers must learn to trust in each other again and be willing to do whatever it takes to stop the tragedy of the Day of Dangers from happening again.

I should probably start at the beginning, Zed wrote, when things first went wrong....Zed, Brock, and their friends may have saved Freestone from destruction, but the fight against the Dangers is far from over. No one knows what to expect next from the dark power that forced the elves to abandon their city. And the influx of elf refugees in Freestone strains resources and brews resentment among the townspeople. Things have shifted between best friends Zed and Brock, as well, with their friendship crumbling under the weight of the secrets they're keeping from each other.When tensions reach an all-time high, Queen Me'Shala, leader of the elves, approaches the Adventurers Guild with a mission. She wants a small group of adventurers to go behind the king's back on a covert mission to save her city, and Zed, Brock, Liza, Jett, Micah, and their elven friend Fel join the quest. To face a powerful form of magic thought to be extinct, the adventurers will have to learn how to rely on each other and fight harder than ever before.Don't miss this second installment of Zack Loran Clark and Nicholas Eliopulos's Adventurers Guild trilogy, where the stakes are raised, the action is breathless, and the dangers will stop even the bravest of hearts.

Conscripted into the dangerous Adventurers Guild, best friends Zed and Brock must defend what is left of humanity against terrible monsters in this epic fantasy, the first in a thrilling new series.